William's ghostly wraith weaves between her offspring, and theirs too. A family bereft in After The Plague.

Oh beJesus - what to do? So much talent. (Takes a quick gulp of buttery Chardonnay).

My winner - and judge of next week's Friday Prediction is... Rebecca Bohn with Bears in Summer. It's a Stephen King of a thing, wistful yet tinged with a potential malice. Wonderful writing. Congratulations Rebecca! I shall be in touch ;)

Runners-up this week are newcomer Jenny Dreadful for her first, vampiric entry because I just LOVE that attitude, and William Davoll. After the Plague has stayed with me all evening; desperate and ethereal. Well done both.

Well, I'm exhausted but excitable now. Can't imagine going to bed for a few hours (but I'm all talk).

Magenta Shaman

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About Lily Childs

Writer of horror and chilling fiction. Author of The House of Three - a short ghost story, Cabaret of Dread - a horror compendium, Courting Demons - a collection of dark verse and the urban fantasy Magenta Shaman short story series.
Multiple short stories published in anthologies such as The Demonologia Biblica, The Bestiarum Vocabulum, The Grimorium Verum, Bones, Fresh Fear, Thirteen, Daily Bites of Flesh, JWK Fiction Best of Horror 2013 and more.
Editor of February Femmes Fatales, a collection of dark and wicked words from twenty-three women writers.
Owner of Ganglion Press, a small platform for publishing dark fiction and crime in print and ebook formats.
Co-Editor at the former Thrillers Killers 'n' Chillers ezine.